ATS's Health of the Air report provides local and national estimates of the health impacts of outdoor air pollution and, for the first time, estimates of the health impacts specifically attributable to air pollution from wildfires.
Researchers have developed a computational fluid dynamics model to analyze microplastic transport and deposition in the upper airway.
A massive seaweed bloom in the Atlantic Ocean is drifting towards the Florida coastline and health experts are concerned it may cause respiratory problems for beachgoers in Florida and the Gulf of Mexico.
A new nationwide study utilized millions of Google Street View images and linked built environment characteristics to racial disparities in adverse health outcomes such as diabetes, asthma, and poor sleep.
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Using artificial intelligence, Cornell University engineers have simplified and reinforced models that accurately calculate the fine particulate matter (PM2.5) contained in urban air pollution.
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Half a million lives could be saved each year in sub-Saharan Africa by taking action to reduce reliance on traditional wood- and charcoal-burning stoves, a new study shows.
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Exposure to the two pollutants was also tied to molecular changes in the pediatric airways during non-viral asthma attacks.
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Moderate levels of two outdoor air pollutants are associated with non-viral asthma attacks in young people who live in low-income urban areas
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Moderate levels of two outdoor air pollutants, ozone and fine particulate matter, are associated with non-viral asthma attacks in children and adolescents who live in low-income urban areas.
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Dust from the drying lakebed of Southern California’s Salton Sea has been linked to lung inflammation in research conducted by University of California Riverside.
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Lower pollen levels occur between 4am and 12pm, with higher levels occurring between 2pm and 9pm.
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US military personnel who were deployed in Afghanistan and Iraq may have been exposed to significant amounts of dust and other respiratory hazards, leading to persistent respiratory symptoms and diseases like asthma and bronchiolitis.
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Exposure to diesel exhaust led to greater changes in blood components related to inflammation, infection and cardiovascular disease in females.
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People living in China who have a higher socioeconomic status are actually more exposed to outdoor air pollution, according to findings published in Environmental Health Perspectives.
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Allergy seasons are likely to become longer and grow more intense as a result of increasing temperatures caused by climate change.
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